Vehicle-seat lock.



Patented Dec. 23. I902.

w. n. HOLLEY. VEHICLE SEAT LOCK.

(Application filed May 10, 1902.)

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afranrr WALTER D. I IOLLEY, OF BROOKVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO JOHN A. FRIES, OF BROOKVILLE, INDIANA.

VEHlCLE-SEAT LOOK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 716,712, dated December23, 1902. Application iiled May 10, 1902'. Serial No. 106,799. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, WALTER D. HoLLEY,'a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Brookville, in the county of Franklin and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-SeatLocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vehicle-seat locks; and the object of the sameisto. construct a device of this character which will be simple inconstruction and efficient in operation.

The novel construction used by me in carrying out my invention is fullydescribed in this specification and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is atransverse section of a seat with my device attached thereto and afragment of the vehicle. Fig. 2 is a detail of the locking-lever andsocket. Fig. 3 is a detail of the guide member and screw. Fig. 4 is adetail of the connecting-rod.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different viewsof the drawings. The numeral 1 designates a seat-bottom, and 2 thebackthereof. The seat, as shown, is mounted on the side 3 of a vehicle andextends longitudinally thereof. Secured to the bottom 1 are parallelarms 4, connected by a 0 downwardly-curved cross-bar 5, bearing a member6, having a socket 7 formed therein, which member extends perpendicularto the edge of the seat-bottom 2 and below the plane of said bottom. Thearms 4 are provided with apertures 4: to accommodate screws b,

which serve to secure the arms to the seat.

Seated in the bottom 8 of the vehicle is a bolt 9, secured by a nut 9and bearing an eye 10, to which is pivoted a connecting-rod 11.

This connecting-rod is formed of two parallel members 12, united attheir extremes and shaped to form eyes 18 and 14 on the lower and upperends, respectively. An elbow locking lever 15 is pivoted to the uppereye 14.

The short arm 16 of this lever 15 bears a ball 17, constructed to fitthe socket 7, and the long arm 18 thereof is curved upat 18 to adapt itto be grasped by the fingers to disengage it.

To prevent the forward movement of the seat, a bracket-arm 19 is mountedthereon and located to engage the side 3 of the vehicle.

To give additional security to the seat, a screw 21, havinga large head21, is seated in the side 3 in position to extend through an aperture 22in the bottom 2 and engage guides 23, formed on a guide member 23,mounted on the seat and having an aperture 24 therein larger than thescrew-head 21.

In placing the seat in position the screw 21 is first engaged in theguides 23 with the bracket-arm 19 abutting the side 3. Theconnecting-rod 11 is then swung up into a vertical position and the eye14 put over the socket member. The ball 17 is next engaged in the socket7 and the long arm 18 of the lever turned down in contact with the seat2 and extending between the arms 4, which hold it against sidewisemovement. This will lock the seat firmly in place. 74;

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these maybe modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having described my invention, what I 7 5 claim as new, and desire tosecure by. Letters Patent, is

1. In a seat-lock, the combination of a member bearing a socket andhaving two parallel arms adapted to be secured to a seat,a bolt hearingan eye, a connecting-rod pivoted atone end to said eye and bearing aneye on its other end whichis constructed to fit over said socket, anelbow-lever pivoted to the said eye on said connecting-rod, and having aball on its short arm adapted to fit said socket, the long arm of saidlever being constructed to lie between said arms and to be engaged bythe fingers to disengage said leverand unlock the seat, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a seatlock, the combination of a socket member comprisinga socketand two parallel arms constructed to be secured to a seat with the saidsocket projecting beyond the edge of the seat, a connecting-rod pivotedto the bottom of the vehicle and bearing an eye on its upper end whichis designed to engage and fit over said socket, an elbow locking-leverpivoted to the said eye and having a ball on its short arm which isconstructed to fit said socket when in looking position with the longarm of said lever lying between :0

said parallel arms, substantially as described. In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER D. HOLLEY. \Vitnesses:

JOHN A. FRIES, ANDY G. WIssEL.

